13 December 2008

A Progressive Christmas Dinner

Last night was our small group's 2nd Annual Progressive Christmas Dinner. It was so much fun! If you've never participated in a progressive dinner, you should definitely plan one with your family and friends. It's a fun way to spread around the party responsibilities and also get to see others' Christmas decor!

You can have as many stops/courses as you want; we had three last night. Our first home hosted appetizers and finger foods. We had ten couples participating, so three of them provided the first course (the host home couple and two more). I took a few pictures at this stop of people enjoying themselves~and of the hosts' great decal phrases on their walls.

(I snuck into the master bedroom to take this just because I loved it!)

The second home hosted the main entree. It was delicious! We had deep-fried turkey, corn casserole, sweet potato casserole, salad and rolls (five couples provided this course). Their home also looked beautiful. She had the tables decorated with candles and magnolia leaves~I loved that! And I'm sorry to say that I was enjoying myself so much (and the fact that the kiddos were at the sitter's) that I completely forgot to take pictures at this stop. I'm so aggravated about that! Oh well...

The final home was ours. We hosted the dessert course and also the gift exchange was at our house. The ladies exchanged ornaments and the guys exchanged dvd's ($5 spending cap!).

For dessert we had Red Velvet Cake and No-Bake Chocolate Souffle with coffee and hot cider (my hubby & I and one other couple provided this). Yummy!

1/2 cup flour1 1/2 cups milk1 cup butter1 cup sugar1 tsp. vanilla~~~~~Boil (on medium heat) flour and milk together until very thick (until it's difficult to stir). You must stir this constantly or it will scorch. Set aside to cool, but continue to stir it every few minutes so that it doesn't get lumpy. Cream butter, sugar and vanilla together. After the flour mixture has completely cooled, add it to the butter mixture. (If you add it before it cools, it will melt the butter and your frosting will berunny). Frost cake and enjoy!

This looks like so much fun! I saw those wall decals in a magazine not too long ago. Years ago I did one the old fashioned way...handwritten and painted...I love the one above their bed. What does the one on the red wall say? It's beautiful!Red velvet cake is so Christmas-y!

I've never participated in one of these, but heard of them for years. I used to love entertaining, but haven't in so long. It seems as though my career took a different turn 20 years ago and now I don't get to fellowship as much as I'd like. Maybe someday if I retire. Your place looks so neat.

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